Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4366, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1864 — Page 2

DAILY SENTINEL

tji cjnow-it most si p ed-Jam SATÜRDAT MOHNINO. OCTOBER! bw-F SSH National Democratic Ticket. FOR nXSlDRVT. CEN. CCO. B. McCLELLAN, QT VtW JIMRT rot not prnMiDRTT, CEORCE H. PENDLETON, OF OHIO rite Argument I int sil-ell LOOK at : ricrrii TIB O TU. ELECT ELECT L I N CO L N McCLELLAN aD TH a ' D TUB WMOLW Beri RrpuMumn Ticket Demtermtir Tirkrt Taw will ketBg e Too trill defeat ) tm-iiiTT mora MtbT. KOL" ALtTT. r-fr frw ABUCK Ttaf Eft, ootk-T pertty. ra ertabiufc tB DRAFT! I .MOX! Lal-?al atarckr, an4 nl- In tiaaata an liano'ar-l. F-rrra- I reat acS Hpwf 1 RUIN! PEACE! t:ierttata Hcturai. The retutnaof tbe recent lectioo in tbia State come ia very aloar. In all our exchangee re ceived up to yeateriay, we baTe but lew officia returna In tbe -a'tered and uncertain condition ol tbe return, tnere ia no chance to form an eatimate of the probable majority of the Republican ticket, but it iBfridwnt that it will uot be aa large aa waa eatimated r j obtain ihji majority the most outrageoua fraud, were perpe traiad ia different par Bj of U.c lUM A Com plate and systematic ayatem BA adoptad for voting illegally, aud for takiu? Dotn -tritie votea out ol the ballot hoi and putting in Republi ia ...tea I o this tow nahip the Republican mj r.tr is 274 larger hta year than the entira vote wa 'wo yeara ago. In order to show the immer ee frauda. we give the vote in I860. 1862, and 1?64, in tbia townahip, all official aa toUowv 1 4MjV L.ao? -J0 i H'ndrick TooaI vote in IBO -2 Freie Atbon Total votr In 1883 ISCA-Morton McDonald Total vote to 1964 2.11 .3 .2.146 . 5, IS! :.77i B.X5T Tbia fraud is so apparent that no sensible KcfaMican will defend it. The entire eleci.oti board iu this city was Republican. Although OetnocraU petitioned for a dirKion of the board, none but Republicans wer put ou it. Tiie result is apparent By these wholesale frsnd. the honest voter bs beea swindled tml of his francbise. snd defrauded of bit right to aaiect his rulers in a eonetitutional manner i tie ballot, the dearest privilege of ar Amrricsn free man, is a farce aud a fraud, aa pract; ei bj the preaeut corrupt leaders, and will so continue, unless the people awake in time and assert lMi rlgbu On an honest vote, with ballot box H u stuffed, tbe Democrats elected d State ticket by at ),000 majoritv An honeat vote must b bad in November With it. lnd at a h er Uta for McClkllax. Courage, Domcrats! Thare ia no cause for tlarm. Qt to ath tigaf ou.lv. aud the country mny yet be saved I lr tiou It. turn. Below we give the returns received since our last report Tbev come in slow. Van Jtrburg cuunty ia ao close that it will take the official vote to decide who ia elected The wnole Democratic ticket is elected in IV sey aajaojly by from 275 to HI majority. Tbe Democrats have carried Warrick county by 54 majority. Tbe official vote returna 1,147 Republican ma joriiy in Jefferson county. The Banner claims 600 Republic in majority ia Jeoninga county. The Abolition majority in Switzerland county is 696 i The Paaaoeralic majoritv in Wbiiley ronnty i.. ,"25 Clay county gives 14S Democrsti'; majority McDonald's msjoritp in Sullivan county is re-or-ed 1 .413. Tbe reported mijo:ity in Parke ouuty Ls 229 t r Morton. The official vote ol f ie couoiv gives Morton 661 majority. Morton's mjouty in T.ppee.m ia aatstst, vufti cial.; i 733 Puitiftm coauty girtra iuDoiuld 48 BaaM Th majority is larger osj the hsl nce of the ticket. Hon. B W Hauna is eltctel S ate Sena-.r irom tba counties of Vigo aod Sullivan. Gtbfaoo county is claimed by tbe Demi-rr by a06 ma or.'y Spencer county is c aimei by the Hvans "e Journal by '250 Republican majoritj. 1 be Ledger says the Democratic majority in Floyd county, outioe of New Albanr, is 51 1 Harrison County gives 450 Demvcrauc c i jority. Tbe Democratic majority La Cass county ia a53 Pulaski county gives Turpie200 majotity. Ca.1. R.cbardson. Republican, is electee iu the euatonai District ol .'-.. 11 .w a . a-ki. Th official rot of Allen countv gives Meli jnald 2. 3i4 m a J aid M Iu Bsriholomew county. McD.cnid'i mrority ia 323 In Jackson county, Vawter's otaja t s5."3. This electa Vawtr to th Senate by "2 irajority, . ii the official vote Uaait (.r tlic lull ttrlairn The Kepublicaas always have their good ectioo news first It waa sss tbis year Tt.ey carried evet vthing on election night, bn in t eu tby bav tecu s eaJ.ly losing in the repor.. Tboir victne.as 1 urn cut to be defaa's, or too nexi if .ng lo ihem We adv k .r Democrii c friend lo wait for 1 ie fuil retnrr s before tbev oucede auyia.ng lo iheir pj..j:c..:s iu the late eiec'ioo. ooaaaoaaaaaaa-aaaawaaaaaw-waaoaa-aaa Ssxono Co o ftftsai o ji l Oiatant. In Floyd county McDoNam'a major. .r will be a Int! over 3U0. The DavK-rats were swiuaied terribly iu this county C.arke county abut 4'HI Den; -crabc majority Harr..l co-iity abou: Waoh ugtou TdO. Orauge 4UKJ. l"he majority iu the diatnct w.ll he abo a al.501) 1 nd l tana I lerilata Bv the moat ampaaaua frauds the Repub . cans have ewrr edlhe Mat by a majority tanousl oalaOietoJ Ol lirvai 15 HX; lo Vj .tNjO. tbe.iive elected gha CottgreaiBflf,1--.4li nCpi t it. lat. '21 avnd "tu tlis r.cf. and a major r ia I . Lertalaluie Acoud Koe them - Xovembr. W ore selisfied a flMyarity .-r the BssWf e of lodiaaa ar in lavor a: MeOiei.ai. . aa.1 .far make a vigorous effort aud tau secuta a Uir eloetioa. aud two- couat. can ret-eem ttsa 9aaaa aawd give a u L nie Mac oy lo.ixj ma. ay Sund to your guns and Qiv tLe et.emy anoiQvr oroa'jvae r " syut 5-'. : r.

Official Statement of the Coat of

the War. The SNllcnal Dekt 4,1 ls 1 .73 IT THB rTBLIC MB A o"Xxi lieuiof D-ihl -ced loieei'an,;u ' been r. aimed tr, br tVReBM wtthin a few dava nrot that our national debt it sot thh'tbe laut treue, v official figures place tbe lot debt at ebout two thonawod -mlltons ( do! ;' Th surest way to obuin the coat of this war to not by seeing how much we are able to pay by pnatiag paper aoooey. but bow touch we have got to pay according to laws aire ! p.tcd by Confveoe u meet the tramendous sppropria BjatSB An offirial '.ement ha- just oeea com; i fromtberwoordaof tbeCierk'a office of the Hou.e of KefrereotaUrw. by which it appears that tl followiag appropriatiit. for tLe expense f M e goverrrnevtl hare beer n.ade since the war hre out Kitra ioo of Wl' I ttr.ar .laiiar of H6'-lv Umm il.r UD m( 3 . i.V.. 1 7.l.0 i : . ' na rwt li'f.lar aaien or i"Vt ! Tba coaaputatioo for Iba neonat aaaaJen of 1BA3-4 la not quite m-4e mV, ami tbe clerk taunvate it at .. V-".--" Tbe animate for the ceminff aalen tor ) approprtaliona tjr Cjor" ' ' tL' aacai yaarare n-w bu i i i I department. Aa th war It crtsfa I i lat.t ooe ytar mor if Lincoln t re -elected, theaonroonat: .a.fwT IBBS Wittba BOO.oOti oo on fbe agxregata pennaDent appropriation! sia l. for tbe aeaalona aoove uaaaea. accorima: tu .tandü-x law iroxs y.r 10 year, are laS,JO0,&3l tj Thp grand mtegit of appropriations, permanent under tbe Uw, and definite ones at the -esa o::s of Coogres aince tbe aar begin (in- ' n i.ntf thoae afhirh will ha made at the lie X made at tbe seesior. ttnon the suDnoeition that the war may ' ..i.r,.,. ,r i:,nt.n -...ti hum ia four thouaar.' ' rrne hundred and eieht-on millions four hui.dred a I iiaiaia uiw.m I nd eifht? four thousand seven hundred and t , ate: A W .ILaafc vifSi. aava a a a-aasa a . ..-a,..w. . a. . I - - - -- i-i I ailll at v ve uviie V . nw - v.i-waM --s. w J 4S4.73i 17. Tbia is in reality our public debt, with t.. caked official flguree, stripped of tbe gloss partisan officials put over them to deceive the ux pay era of tbe natiou. Tiieave Jitfuro ate offi cial facts compiled according to law in Washing ton, an i to be praseutoi to Coneress on tbe 1st Monday in December next Yet this debt of four thousand millions docs not include the usual tad necesssry indefinit aopronrlstlor ., foi claim. .e official Houae Mi. TXk. H 'See official House M:a. Doc. 91. :8ed nffidal Houie Ms Doc. 27. I lie l.ln lion li.l.ron. Las' Tuesday was a aad day for this republic so far aa tb filiate of Indiana is concerned. We do not speak so much of the result . as of the manner of it- accomplishment No fair minded urn; ctn dnv that Indiana was carried for the Repub liran ticket by the basest and grossest fraud thf vei ui-iiked the ana!s of political chicanerv and villainy. Such a sight as wo cl acted in thN city, arid phich seems to have been paralleled al! over Indians, is enough to fill every patriot' heart with gloomy foreboding" for the future of onr rouii'ry When men of wealth, of standi n? and of reapectabilitv will deliberately leave thei. bojinet'. not to maddle iu tn ordinary and hon ofable poiitieal contest, bnt to dive into all the rascalities and frauds which h.av ever been per petrated by the low down villainy of society when the Mavor of a ureal city, rand w write it ia deep sorrows so far forgets the duty and di. nity of hi- position aa to insult the Inspector of an election, aworn to do his duty, and actually dare him to leave his poeitiou aud Uke a "rough .and tumble" with him oa tbe public streets wiien ministers of the Gospel mix with the drub ken rabble and by their voice and induence urge them on to deeds of political villainy, we can only exclaim, God save nur country, for man will not. Never ana auch a scene witnessed in Evans ville snd iu the county of Vanderburgh as racked la.t Tuesday '$ election. Perjury, black, amooaJtaj perjury, was stamped on many a lip. aid the recording angel a he wrote laa) BftBaat o the guilty criminals and the no less guilty instigators, dropped no tear of mercy to blot out the inul and infamous crime. Meu who never had a residence in Indiana hoys under age swore in their vote, while others, not contei t with giving one vote and incurring the guilt of one perjury , repeated the dose twice and tbrice Oainibii-aes aod hack-, hired by the money ol mptctahle (?) men, were busv all day hauling Bp as invalids thoe who had already given their iota to reptat the vote and repeat the perjury In Perry township about eighty men who never lived in the townahip voted. They were liken ftoro F.vvn. ville where thev had already voted The smie fi ud ws per pet.- ted in Centre towni The vote m( BfajMfUli itsell shows the ross frs'id upon Its face Never was rueb a vote ever heu l of or dreamed of in thia city. At another time we w.ll dissect the vote. Suffice it now t av that we have not heard in full from this county, but the Republican majority lo- Governor is in laa loa itfh ' rwo4af itffO hundred. Evansvi'Io Times. Clear i tu- tilp for Action The .Mfeiiu tnetlon now to be Put. The locul elections now h' ing over, the field is clear for tte great struggle Off November. T a-e a parliivmentars phrase, the main question is tow about tu be put: Sbali Abrsbam Lincoln be re elected, or shall wc have a change in the Gove nmen:? We have no doubt that there are iaoa of thoucauds of persons who, for ooe cause B- another, from personal feeling aod old party association, l ave voted the local tickets of the Republican party, that will not sustain Abraham Lincoln against General McClellan. We are glad that the question is now to assume the form we have presented, and that it is no longer embarrassed by local organisation and side issues The American people are soon to be brought face to face at the polls with th author of all our national calamities They ar to pass upon the conduct of him who, in order to carry out a fanatical theory, or trom motives of personal ambition, has carried mourning into every houaebold, snd filled tbe land with gloom of him whose first election led to the disruption of the TJntYtn. and who ia now sturdily committed Ugainst its restoration upon treoldb;sis of him whose admini.trfrn has been organized corrup lion and de-Totim. and whose career ha- bemarked by a contempt for all constitutional ob ligations and legal restraints which throughout ha been deeo'y .taiued by criminal foily and dyed in blood In short, tbev are ea'ied upon apptove the ft: hat of tbe "to whro it may co:, rem' letter, whose pjliev is eternal war for the fiolitior id negro sl.averv, rat her thsn allow the ?out b to return to the Cnion upon the old condition that eiieled previous to the secession D tne p t- so h i u :i-.v lo that proposition? C ncnnai Enquirer. For liie aVntio!. The aaajlU ra, the rraldenttl Eelr. tlon . The Stve e.e t on is over. at- J however disastro'isly it may haie le-aite to our Cftua. it should inci.e every Democrat to renewed exert s for the sac ess of M tCieiiar in November Local causes contributed larveiv lo oar defeat. ! w)licVj Wl;j hAe nrt tearjj upon'tbe Presidential canvass Arbitrary and ifiable arrests of prom neat Pemocrats whose influence was feared j by our deoperate opponerta: tb violence pe-; tra'.cd at previous elections upon unoffcu . Democrats; ihe military terror. so which exists iu certain parts of ihe 6' tte. the si'gm cast upon I tl e Democracy by the alleged treasonable organ j tfttloa known as the Sons of L.hMtv; have bad th" effect ioti;ded, aud intluenced macy coaserv stive men who otherwise wou.u i.ae cwt thei. ; voea on the et Je of truth and juati-e. But veo se wer not aoJBCMDt, ss '"e UMOiusmng Ira ads and wboleaale perjury per ajoV 1 in this eft so plainly textiiao. Think oi a vote of 10 OtJti in a popuotuou ot 3U.üÜUi Tbe relative proportion of voters to th popuIst.or . accord'n to the I t cwosns. is an average of tortyaf, b it the overreaching villainies of '.be aboldionists have made it ont t fArrr.' Is there no remedy for ibeee oalrageoua frauds! If the people will ibus submit to be swindled oat nf tbeir des rest tight, trier are n.i oc;er wnr.l v th aaiue o: freemen. Rally then, ur.ee mote, under the gioriou bautet ot tbe ol ft ion in N ember, atd let the ballot rpaak in trumpet tones ot tb Vindication of tLe people from tbe deapo . sw.aT '. j: ;yr-. o - ;-p'f. rs ect üeurga B H?CIe!!aa aud rtor tbe purity ol iectiooe. tit ineio4eb otv of huouui richte, tbe freedom of preaa aod individoala, and laaüy but no least, tba integrity ac J lndivisib l.ty of th Cr. ol DtMOOftar

AN OVERLAND TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. -----

From our Special Correspondent.] NEAR FT. BRIDGER, UTAH, } September 3, 3864 [sic]. } ED. SENTINEL:—The country from Ft. Laramie to the South pass, though presenting more varied scenery than that between Omaha and Laramie, yet has the impress of dull monotony. On approaching the Rocky mountains, one expects Alpine scenes; he imagines he is nearing the airy ranges of the wild goat and the sheep, the region of eternal snow, pine clad mountains, at whose feet babbling brooks, fed by ice cold springs, leaping over precipices, flow over pebbly beds to their river homes; but the reality dispels the illusion. Rocks he sees in abundance; but these are disposed in most places in the same order, and a description of one locality suffices for all, with occasional exceptions. After leaving Laramie, a low range of hills, called the Black Hills, covered with scattering pine and cedar trees of stinted growth, flank the Platte river from sixty to eighty miles, on one side or the other jutting up to the very banks of the river and leaving on the opposite shore a narrow strip of bottom, with a few scattering cotton-wood trees on the margin, or on the small islands. Sandstone or limestone predominate, with here aud there huge boulders and a sprinkling of quartz. Now you toil over rocky hills, where the immense travel has worn narrow pass ways through solid limestone around sharp curves; and again you are plunged into a sandy plain, sur- rounded by a rim, of circular form, drift sand, and gravel and mud in process of petrification, worn by the wind into rough columns, fortresses, temples, and all sort of fantastic shapes. From this you emerge into a narrow valley, sterile and desolate, and wind over rocky hills and through sandy plains. Sometimes for many miles the road passes over a smooth haw bed, far better than any McAdamized road. The whole country presents unmistakeable [sic] evidences of volcanic action, the immediate traces of which are covered up in drift sand. Sage brush and grease wood cover the plains, and add to their uniformity. The leaves of the former closely resemble those of the garden sage, and its fragrance is not dissimilar. It grows to the height of from one to three feet, with a crooked, gnarly stock, sometimes four inches in diameter, and rough, like the wild grape vine of the States. The grease-wood grows to the same height, is scrubby, but is rather thorny, with green leaves like those of the spruce pine. Under these bushes live the jack rabbi —a species of hare much ; larger and fleeter than those of lie States—and the sage-hen, a bird of the color of the sage leaf, of the general conformation of the prairie chicken, but larger and of better flavored flesh— find safe covert [sic]. Now and then, on the distant plains or hill sides, a few antelopes and deer, and an occasional elk, stand gazing at us, but far beyond the jurisdiction of our rifle with no approaches to them not commanded by them at long range. At night troops of wolves prowl around our camps. The raven, the crow, the buzzard, the hawk, and the whip poor will, with now and then a dove, yellow hammer, wood pecker, and rice bud, are the chief representatives of the feathered tribe; but not a note from a ''forest warbler" gladddens the heart and arouses afresh recollections of the shady groves of our boyhood homes. Whenever out of hearing of the eternal "wo-hoa" of the teamsters, and the rushing waters of the creeks and river—for all seem hurrying to a better country—there is a ringing m the ears from an entire absence of outside sounds. One could almost agree with the Irishman in borrowing comfort from "the swate notes of the woodpecker;" but alas' all around is desolation, sterility and aridity spread out into vastness. The exceptions to this meagre description of a vast region, seen from the road, are few, and for that reason constituted prominent landmarks, and figure in every guide book. Among the number is the Red Buttes (pronounced "Beutes," and supposed to be a term derived from a mixture of Canadian, French and Indian,) which is an ovalshaped bluff of a redish [sic] color, with jutting rocks of basaltic and columnar form. It is a noted object, and near it is an alkali spring, the water of which is color and strength of the strongest lye, a single "sup " being sufficient to kill an ox. The ground about that stream is puffed up like soda bread, and the grass has a sickly greenish color. Here and there the ground is white with the alkaline deposit. Dead cattle, in all the stages of decomposition, lie on the road-side, in the river, on its banks in the gulches, on the bill tops, all over the country, for a mile on either side of the road; and the air is burdened with a sickening stench. When you reach Sweetwater river the Rattle snake range of granite bills sets in, and then you have some bold and exciting scenery. Some time a solid rock of granite. 500 feet high, half a mile in length and 300 or 400 feet in width, seems cleft trom the main chain of bills, and is separated by a plain of sand. Independence Rock, so called because a party of emigrants celebrated the 4th of July there, is of that class, though not so large. Some have compared it to a huge elephant. It is easily ascended, and its sides constitute a Fool's Register, whereon boobies seek to transmit their unsung names to posterity. Near this rock is military post occupied by about twenty soldiers. The buildings of the post are constructed of pine logs, "chinked and daubed,'' covered with brush and dirt, one story high, with a fence of pine slabs about them inclosing half an acre of ground, with three little pine log huts at three corners, on top of the houses, or withing the enclosure, for sentryboxes. Five miles from Independence Rock, up the river, the Sweetwater for a quarter of a mile passes through a narrow chasm sixty feet wide, walls of solid granite rising in some places to the hight [sic] of 500 feet. Fremont passed through this place. It is called tee Devil's Gate, and near it is the grave of a woman or whose "head board" is this inscription: "Here lies the body of Mary Pate," Some passing wag has added— "Who entered Heaven through devil's Gate.'' Thia granite range continues to within leu miles of the South Pass, near ninety miles. There are evidences of gold in the intervening ravines and along the river, and a Lieutenant at the South Pass post has recently discovered a lead of gold on one of the tributaries of the Sweetwater, and three coal oil springs up the river. Six miles east of Independence Rock there are several alkali lakes, one of which, near the roadside, is covered with a crust of saleratus an inch thick, beautifully crystalized, composed of soda and a slight admixture of alum. Emigrants use this for baking purposes as they would the soda of the shops. Along the road, where it occurs in an adulterated form, it is worn into fine dust, and this, inhaled by the cattle, is supposed to be the fruitful source of the frightful malady among these animals in this region. The whole country in the vicinity of the Platte and Sweetwater river from Ft Laramie to the South Pass, and for fifty miles west of the Pass, is of an alkaline character, and over one thousand head of cattle have died this season along the road in the section of country so affected. Sometimes they are poisoned by drinking alka-

line water, and oftener by inhaling alkaline dual ; The coun; vs. positive' v told. haa this movein the roi J The Btortolrtf aotonz rattle bss ' ment bcau aat it would result in thecaoti.re ot

been usually great this summer along this route. The Indian troubles yet continue, and every day or so some unfortunate emigrant is victimised. The depredations are chiefly committed from a point one hundred miles south of Laramie, thence up the Platte to the upper crossing, a distance of three hundred miles, along which route there are four military posts, including Laramie, with at least five hundred troops at the disposal of the military authorities. The attacks are generally made by bands of Indians of from eight to twenty in number, and in the daytime, and oftenest within the vicinity of these posts. It is estimated that over one thousand head of cattle, horses and mules have been stolen by the Indians on the Platte river, and many persons, women and children been killed. Several women hare been captured and their disconsolate husbands are at the posts awaiting an opportunity to recover them. One man, ten days ago, was shot at Deer Creek Station, and two arrows were afterwards extracted from him. He will probably recover. On the same occasion two horses were stolen at the station. The overland California stage runs only from the West, going East to Denver; from thence to Ft Kearney it is withdrawn because of the repeated robberies perpetrated upon it, and the hostility of the Indians along the route. The stage usually runs from Ft. Kearny to Denver, thence through Bridger's Pass, leaving the South Pass to the right, and joining the road from the South Pass to Salt Lake and California at Harris Fork of Green river, and about ninety miles from the summit at the South Pass. From the Sweetwater and from Denver west, whether at or far away from forts and military posts, no depredations are committed by the Indians.

Monni'-eeT .nd aoMrera slonf the Plane 1 aV -a -Owae. aaaaa. at - - i m r

bring grievous charges against Lieut. Col. Collins, late commandant of the Laramie District, in this connection. They say he might have put

u. t.viMBpiiu. i ... t ay m gg gnt ri!' äwBnr uiaehooa br bich Um public tiowo the trouble by eoergefJe mci'.c. bit ; at re deceived PopUr GroVe Church. the point tie chief aaebiiioo eemd to be to itirvey and ' where Wajrren 'a corp h now entrenched i at

open up new route from Laramie to Halleck. This feat he accomplished, taking the road over a range of mountains, thereby, shortening the route, as he claimed, fifteen miles. After he had completed it he assembled his forces and pro- ceeded to travel over his darling road. In the attempt a number of his men and horses and mules were frozen to death, and all were more or less frozen. The redoubted Colonel was himself badly frozen, and his life and that of most of his men saved by the prudence and vigor of a Corporal who assumed command and took the expedition on to Halleck. It is further said that the Colonel, when he recovered, was with difli culty dissuaded from returning by the same road, notwithstanding the savage demonstration of its impracticability he had witnessed. It is further said that whiskey and Indian grisettes predominated at Laramie during the Colonel's command, and nothing but the fact that he was a brother-in-law of Secretary Chase prevented his removal. The approach to the South Pass and the passage over the summit, is so gradual that you do not realize the fact that you are passing through a gap between two ranges of snow-clad mounttains, and at an altitude of 7085 feet. All descriptions of South Pass fail to con- vey a true picture; and I shall not attempt it. It is not grand or sublime, but is so commonplace that every one has to be told, when first passing through it, that he is crossing to the west side of the mountains. At the Pass the Landers Cut off, over which mots of the Idaho and Oregon travel goes, takes off to the right. It passes over mountains covered with snow. Here part of our train, under the escort of Capt. Crawford, who, under orders from the War Department, by virtue of an act of Congress, proceeded in the rear of the emigration from Omaha with an escort of fifty men, eight or ten waggons drawn by mules, a surgeon and provisions, to pick up stragglers and take them through to Western Idaho, on the borders of Oregon, when he sells out and disbands. This is the fourth year of the experiment, and it has thus far lieved about fifty persons, at a cost of a quarter of a million of dollars. The escort travels too fast for ox teams, and wo to the luckless wight who undertakes to whip his bullocks up to the gait of the escort mules. The Captain ia a very clever gentleman, and is accompanied by Dr. Storrer, an accomplished surgeon of amiable manners and polished address. We were over taken by this escort twenty-fie miles west of Fort Laramie, and continued with it to the South Pass, which fact contributed much to save our train from Indian attacks. At the upper crossing of the Platte a company has constructed a substantial bridge at a cost of $17,000. The toll at the commencement of the season was $5 per wagon, and when the river became fordable, $1. Over five thousand wagons have already crossed this season, so the bridge has paid for itself, and left a "handsome margin." On the 22d and 23d of August it was very cold at the South Puss, and snow was visible on the hills twenty miles to the north. The weather here is very changeable, being often very cold and very warm on the same day—the nights alcool. The wind howls fiercely over the plains, scattering the sand in every direction, but having especial malice against one's eyes. Crossing the summit three miles beyond, we came to the Pacific Springs, the water of which was cool and refreshing. From thence the road makes a perceptible descent, and every days' journey brought us to warmer weather until we reached Green river, from whence we ascend to Fort Bridger, the altitude of which is near 250 feet higher than the South Pass. Here it is colder, and every day it has rained a short while in the valleys, while it has snowed in the mountains. The atmosphere is so pure that we see distinctly snow clad mountain to our rear over one hundred miles distant, and to our front at least eighty miles. So rare is the atmosphere that one can scarcely run the slightest distance

without puffing like a victim of s-thma of forty j may have 9,000 troops between them, yet ihe I we further invc-tigated the matter, and diecovyeirs standing. ' ' probability is that one half of them are negroes ered that, previous, tu calling on Dr. Lighthill. Settlers iu this vicinity reposi anticipated ' .ac 5 '.on.-ctipi- 'the youth's caa was coutiidered hopeless, and he troubles with the Mormon's, growing out of re i The Confedeintc line at Petersburg, on the w f years an inmate of the Deal snd rent ii. .orders itlng tba imtalgratiotl 1 etaar haad canbes.ifelv held by 35,000 troops rpb Asylum Tbe Rev. John Not. D. D., of Mormons Intn Ittah Thas tor Brfgham I. ' It U within Lee's r.bility. therefore, fa concen- Professor in Union College. Schenectady, in a outwitted the autboi lies ii. i ouresinxr nolyc ini : orate 45.000 trooDS hi Micbsaopd. in order to crush pobl.-hel letter, tender, his gratitude lo Dr

but the order referred to is expected to create trouble, as large Mormon trains are now en route for Salt Lake It is said that a soldier dressed himself in citizens clothes and mingled among the Mormons, pretending to be one of them, and learned from them that they were bringing on to Salt Lake guns of different calibre in hogsheads marked sugar, and that three detachments of troops are now out om as many different roads to intercept these guns. All the necessaries of life are here extravagantly high. Flour is worth $50 per barrel, baion 40 to 50 cents per pound, sugar$1 per pound and coffee $1 per pound. This great rise in the price of staples is attributed to the large emigration and the depreciation of the currency. The road is crowded with returning victims of the Idaho fever, all of whom give deplorable accounts of the mines, saying that there are forty persons to one claim and no prospect of an increased area in the mining districts. Whatever is the truth about the gold of Idaho, there can be no question that a stampede has commenced, and dreams of suddenly acquired wealth in its rich placers are dissipated. The future controlled by soberness and prudence, may yet develop great mining and agricultural resources within her borders, but for the present she is pronounced by the returning wave of fortune-seekers a humbug FAR WEST. ----- WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE, R'fult uj Grand Rtctut Moremcnt Against Petersburg and Richmond Demo antrat ion of the Impregnability of the Dtfenettt of Ruth Cities Great Blunder of Grant in Stretching out Ai Lint so Jar General Jjee take Advantage f the BlunderHe Atttemfdt lo Cru$h (grant's Rt Jit HrOvy beore it can be Reinforced Confederate Attack n Birnnjt Position, Octobtr "th. St i'etnent of Grant's Losses in the present Campaign Tu what Krlrnt has he been Reiniorced' rr-' ii ".rcr vf the Chicago Hues. Washington Oct. 9. fhe sili.ati.'ii on J.tmes river h.asaiot mate rially chanced since m ietter of October Stii, sis ihe reported defe-ft of Butler, to which I will allude below, be verified. After ail the vaporing and boasting of the administration papers abou what llraiit .a. L:ing to accomplish, and after (.rant's own dee ir.it- MB, ol the 29th or 3Cth ult., that Birney - corp. wis marching on to Richmond, u has to hi .admitted now that we lost 15.000 t or 1 men for no r"'re whatever Iiichi.. -. ! and iVersbur: Instead of that . it has result . Iba aoäötw-yM ol the fit i.eiiher Ui : mor I nor Petershurz can be Ukeu in the an e: :. 1 ien (rrant'sooeratiot are conduct?., Grant, indeed . ur recent movements of Geo we proved that the strength of the defences of both Feteisburt and Rich mor 1 is such that they cannot be taken except by some general who is a better strategist than Ge:. Le. ; and I need not add io.i there is only one such General in America. Ia c.rder to make hie recent movements. Gen. Giant naadivided his army into two part. Tbe corps of Birney and Ord. the 10th aud I8tb,ara trer.ched on the Newmarket road, eight miles ent'. of Fticbmoi.d.on the north side of tbe James river Tbe oth corps, under lien Warren, and tbe 'Jih corps, commanded sometimes by Gener! Park, sometimes by Gen. Wilcox, and sometimes by i IBM oueelse for the old organization af 'e Army of tbe Potomac La entirely broken up, and many things about the preeent organict. B are at very haaosB aods.; are on the left of tL Bm fic: ;rv PateraBaVBLi and aboutve miles touth of that place) IJaaai aaal of the WelJot. roilroftd. Uoocock's corps Is cn tba Norfolk rai,r , i. ft ur mi!e southeast cf Petersburg; That .' readers will sea that ihart ia a sptce ol u t teent v five mile betwee:: tbe po ition cf Birney cn the rillst Baal Warren bn the left. Moreover, there are tae targe river, the James ihe Appomattox, betaeeu iLese two widel separated wing. That a litv so widely extend ed, and with .so great an u. terrai between the corpi. can Be permst.entlj held, is an idea mat c.ru I be utt.t. icd for a moment Indeed, aa intimaied alKtve, it ia already reported that Birney nd OrJ bav been driven from their positi'.'.S

Poplar Grore Chcr'h. the Pitf. s G.'n Tt a -.-. . .

" uran icatp o Hw JUU) ut. w . to be on the Lyachburg railroad Tor was onl IM a. a . . ner thatFailroal. It la four mite aoxh of it. mile wr I the WeWoo nSUomdd mi i tnnrh .f t ha. bbtf aur.neK Da i ww-a v a aa w WkVi &i "ilUlU VI I T kCrU U IK . Wt' Another and t faiaebood pftlmed off upon tbe public that the left of our line ia .... ..w . . witnia Ugh; ftlld BOBBd vf ll.e Lvuchburc fftil I vmM VII IUV CVIIWrw . U a UTC .IHi , Wt an are four miles from that road, which is used dailv aad boariy by inuiM runoiug haiaaaa i'ataraburg md Lrncbbort br ear of Burkearille It wa indeed one of the objecu which Gen Grant had j ia rhw in making bht recent movements, to aeize that road, therebv hoping to cut off all the lie lor i'etersburK which are brought t-y it. But Gen. Lee's arrangements for its defense en abled hint to baffle Gr.nt there, at everv other poiat. Until within a few davs ago, it seemed proba hie that the Confederate Generals would be con tent aith hav.i z repulsed tbe attack? that were made by both ends of Grant s long line But it i was evident that in thus extending and weaken - inr hi.j line, and iuternoamL- two broad rivers be 1 tween his two wines. Gen Grant bad committed! a fatal blunder; and of this Oeo Le prepare! , to uke advantage On the ?ih the positions of' IrVney and Ord were attacked bv the con fed er 1 afoa dn . L . - - - r d:a 1 ir, nu IHUVni I 1 1 Jt V I'miajSr I TU ul IV 1 C U . a " . nd. I am aware that Butler teleeranhed to the war department yesterday that tbia attaok had been repulsed; but the account that has; reiche.i mo from oibee sourcea i. different. Tbia i account states that what Birney repulsed was a i reconnoiaaaoce, and that afterwards tbe on fed wrates in superior force attacked the positions of j IWney and Ord, earned Ibeta, and cooipaled our , taro corp9 to retreat It is reported further that, i on the succaading n ight ' r.e two e rps retro.-ed n wav f 1 the river and rejoined Grant's main body south! of Petersburg. The report has not been con- -hrmed, and it mar be premature; but I am inI ollned to believe K i .i.urced to tbe utmost pose hie extent as he has been. Grant cannot have more than 100.000. men in tns nvc orpa, bi ol these tullv one half ... .r. ...n . a. roruri iwceasw eatem u nis threes' b never been m3e public. They have been as 1 ...!... . 1.. u avmpU.. " - K . . f a. iuiiu.ü, iu iuv vici lauu v."uiaigu, iruul .liiv 4th to June Utb, including tbe battles on tbe river ro. at Spottsylvania. on the North Anna, t Cold Harbor, and on the Chickahominy, 0, 000 mm from the 14:b of June to the 30th of i July, including the terrible fighting ot the 15th,' 16th and 17th of June, and the "little affair" of the mine, 30,000 men; from tbe 1st of August to the 28th of September, including tba aCair of i Hancock's corps, on the north ',.J of the Jame river, Aug. Hth to lith. and the affairs on the Weldoo favil.oad, Aug. l:h to Sdth, 30,000 men; fluallv, losnes in the recent movements, lo.OOO , men; and troops whose time has expired and who J hive .-me home. Ib.UOU; total, lbU.UtH men Gen H. M Naglee, who knows all about it. nuts ' the total loss at loU.ÜUO. hut does not include ks those fiiire; t'tie men whaaf lime has expire.1 Ifjd rhu hic gone home Gen. Grant com iaienced nie campaign with a moveable column of 170,000 troops, including 130,000 in the array ol the Potomac under Gen Meade, nd 4)0.000in the twoeorna of Gen. Baldy Smith and Gen. Gil more. He was reinforced, before the end of Juue, by M.000 troops drawn from Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Florida and North and South Cai ilma. and beiween the 1st of Julv and Iba 15lh ot August, by PVKK) more Finally, he has been reinforced, betweeu the 16th of Aueus and the 26tb ol c 'ember , bv 50JOll subsututcs ! . and conscripts lie has now, therefore, 100,000 men. But onlj 50.000 of them are reliable troops, and of this rod lien. Lee is well aware Nothing is more tble. therefore, lhan that he has formed the design of attacking one of Gram's wings with a grertlvsuperioiforce. n l ot crushing it before it ran be reioforead from the other If this is his desicn. Ml attack will ha made, of course, on Giant'-right, heie he is tbe weakest Then i- a latge proportion of uegro troops in aa ar . a a av a a a ; Birnev - on, n:id. aiihough Birney and Ord 1 the two corps of Ririiev and Ord. and this is ' probablj Whftl be did do. or attempted to do ou the Tth inst The re-uH wil' be known by the :. oe this teat lie- you. X. AMUSEMENTS. METROPOLITIX THEATRE. Corurr of Wathinjtnn and T'nnta$er Slrfct. Innnftr vir. . II. It I ley Saturday Evening, October 15, 1864 l.a-i ixiht oi' the Motto of the Duke ; Monday. October ITtb. tba eminent Angle-German Tragedian Mr, DAWICI. I) UAl DirlAlsK. j Pmcbs or Anaissto. Dress ct-.i a&d parquette, vj ' "-o-. r . t -.a p.iur)T f.mily Circle, li cent I ... . 1 B Iren In arms, tl; all reserved aeat. "5c. Doors open at 7 o'cloctr. Perfo-mance comaoence at a quarter to o'clock precaelv. NOTICtt. to ll HOtl IT Mit' ('l)TKR IU If II U .II 11 Jlill tUiltliH.Ii I BlTl NOTICE to all who have lost horses that 1 bav in my posseaaioa FiVF bontea, aeppeaed to bar U-a-i stoln. as th-y were takiu from '.an thieees ra centty arrested in this country. Que Bright Bay Her r, 15,', band high, IJ yeara old, ' bippc' in the left hip. both hind f-t white, rigat onr above pastern, a pacer, aboJ all round, uo other markar brands perceivable. Oue H.ata Mare, 14 iiaoda iiigh, 9 years old avuall j wbi:e pot In foreba1, iiiciined to rieht tide, none saddle marks, interfere ail rvaud, good traveler. uce nrgDt rorri star, is ranos nirn, 1 0 or 11 years

old, narrow blaze ir tbe face, IkkU bin feet white above 1 ,.),. . , , j . .. - pastern Joints, r ght side of right fore fx,t white one i Pcedanj permat nt improvement and in the inch above beof. saddle marks on loft aids of back, j ,cw "tances in which temporal relief was afswayed bark, rre. .fallen, .hod all -onnd, an excellent forded it was at tbe expense of so much strength traveler. 1 &s to leave me greatly exhausted I nder those One Brown Mare. 15 baud birh. S or 9 rears olrf. ' circumstance I was led. thouoh with relurtane

itnai: white --tin forchaad. pony form, a pacer, thick winded, shod sll round, bo other marks or brands p c enable. Persona owning ar.j of iL: ab r. e hor ean recover possession by proving proprrtT. A4 ATT. McC AMMOS. octl.S Kbenff of Ruiovan county. MERCHANT TAILORING. STOLWORTHT .V LEONARD. MERCHANT TAILOR .o. 1? th 1 n;1ia:i Street. ( e I)sr äsosalft tha JmuiuuI Buiidif nftTl JU-T 0PE5ED A SEW AND f.I.f.l.A.NT stock of F or i ifi and Doneatic Goeda nnaorpasaed in th t mark al, which thej w-.li saake np for their cn. t raers In the very ber style and In tka laieat faahioSkiliful and competent workmen ar employe, and tfc proprietors wiil giv. their personal attent-oti n. their t'U-in..-. Basil g ec!!er.t fril:tiea for parrhaaing. bir prices are as low aa say jiber benae in town. Ca. I and examine for yoarseiee. ortlj-d3aB WANTED. sM Bli.l. POSTER WULtTTnttsX A GOOD reliable bill-por.er wartd. to BaOBB i-&j work an good wag-es will be given, ftpply t-. Stephen Saaith. bill peater fur the o;y at large, at 1- , Fast Washington street. ottii-cSt NOTICE. T can n kn;h raxv.y. scasriTurEs t hat at I a- aca KtbBT FKKi.l'iat, 5o. 10 South Mencioa street oc.li-dlt OR. . s. EL. PHYSICIAN AND SHKuS OFFICK X0. 10 VlkUiNiA AfLXCk. BEBaDfCXCK, 21 v -Iii : kl- BT Bf M

-li'SllDR- LIGHTHILL,

rat riBM r Dm T ift-hthill 1 St If arV'o P1qa ' AülülU 3t Äarli 3 rl&C New York, Au'bor of "A Popular Tretim sa Demlmtu LHtrrt on Cmtmrrh: fr ., , will visit I N I) I A IV A P ) I , I H, aa ax mi FOR THREE WEEKS. frwmi -I.JiidH.. ariskrr tOIti, ni rdin . Ot tabrr . itli. till vVhere he ran be consulted on Deafness. Catarrh, IHM m FROSi TBE LR Noises in ti e Head, and all the raritM IMsaaati of the EAR, THROAT AND AIR PASSAGES. -w-vow irurutTi'c n . 1. I H LKin 1 nl L a 1 opuiar work ot. If -'rio fn .a r , a, I " e ri i 1 - s thVVt '',0 ' , "I - a.J . a taioed jo Carietou. 413 Broadway, or any re spectabte Ro - kseller throughout the country. X-stitaioniuls of Keinurknble Cure. ADu.. th numerous testimon.ais iu his pot" session, Dr. Ligbtbill hat selected a lew only ol those from parties of cstr.blUhcd Do-ition and well known throughout the coui.tr . K:.u. tke 11 .me Journal ,5. Y.j June ata, 1I , In everv buaine- r irofeaiou . indeed in everv department of science ur skill, there is always some acnowige.i nead some on tne stands out h bold relief among his fellows, as a sort of leader In the tudv and treatment of deafness and catarrh, as special diseases. Dr. Ligbtbill, of this city, occupies the pos.it ion above described He haa devoted veirs of labor to thia specaiity. and is now reaniug the reward ol his industry. The editorial columns of the I ribune of a recent date bear witiie-s to the Doctor ' succas in tbia department ot medicine. We quote the pars grrtph: "CxTXtB or a Dasr Mvtk Louis Loewenst ein , ft lad fourteen years of age, born iu Germany, ; came to Kkfe city when he was about two years old. 8oon alter his arrival here be waus taken K'k acd lost h.s hearing. Bv degrees he became I M B . af 1 at M it fir.t deaf and then dumb. For nearly ten ye.ais be wat a mute, unable to bear tbe loudest voice, or to articulate a word. About one year ago be I I J i. a ' a . V . B a a j piacea oy ni! parent in tne nanoa ol ur Ligbtbill. who has so far succeeded in restoring to him his lost powers ot hearing aud utterance. 'bat he can converse with tho-e who speak to j him di?ljn;tly aud deliberately During the past four or five months he has been under the tuition of Mr Bennecke. and has made considerable proress in writing aud arithmetic , Having been supplied with tae lad s addres. . Ligbtbill, for treating successfully his case of aeainCa Kc f red . Jewell, fiolessor of tne state normal rliooi at Albany, also testi lies to having been cured of catarrh Di Ligbthill po-.esres other testimonials and tribute, to his talent iiom home ot our wealthiest and most r r minent and respected cit'xens, widch may be seen on application. It would be difficult to ppettk in any but term ol iiraiae of his treat ment, in the face of these niaDy proofs and fact, testifying to his success. . . a - T 1 .--a a ... a I Ri: OF CATARRH. t roiu it r . artl. s. J . v . 1 1 . rinn - or of tlie State ?tortnul Sciiool tllianj, lt. Dr. LigMhill: Dtstl Sia Under da'e of March L . eut vou a carelnl statement of mv ca-e. tt former treatment, my failure to obtain relief in that di rection, my resent to your treatment and it beat eficial reeulta. 1 have been from tbe winter of the year 1844, -ubject to violent periodical attacks of Catarrh. marked by strong febrile yoptom. violent in flammation of the lining membranes of the cavi : ties of tbe bead, a companied in the first stageby a watery discharge from tb uuse.subsequer ! ly becoming acrid and yellow, and toward!. close of tbe attack, purulent and bloody. These ; attacks produced a most distressing species of headache, occurring periodically each day for a ÄaT.iSÄÄ'Sr j neM tnd tt tJissM confine me to my bed. At Hmes tbe attendant inflammation would extend I to the teeth .producing toothache; or to the throat, I - t ! . L . j .a, a , , wcB,u,mig uoarsenes ana paniai.ioss 01 voice; 1 and twice within tbe last few years it has so af fected the left eve as to confine me for weeks to a darkened room. I had tried medicines nnd applications ot vari oua kind, sa Ws aad other catarrhal prepara tions of some half a dozen kinds; applications to the bead ot camphor, ginger, and hot foment tions of different kinds, arid in connection with thee the usual emetics or cathartics employed to induce counter actx n Hat r.ro.e of tii. hmA ' from .h. H0DnOiad inecrohilitr of ihe diae.ee tr! ! make a trial of yoor treatment I found it soot beyond even my hopes reaching the disease as it bad never been reached before, and alleviating its symptoms to as extent which I bad supposed impossiule At tl e lisoe I gave you wiy former ceriiftcate, while I did not reel aeaarad of a com plete cure. I had obuined a material relief which j nearly repaid me for my trial of your treatment. ' and which satisfied me that that treatment was I as effective as it wa - oooJa aod philoaopbical. A ' substantial escape from my old attack! of catarrh J for the ut.precoJented period of nearly half a ; year atjd that it, spite of set ere oecurrenco of 1 illness wh eb would have formerly rendered such I an attsi k inevitable, was, to me, proof of an to J porta nt saaaaat It is now a:, month since I en' you ih it statement, and. while it is nnplessam to me to appear thus constantly, and iu tbis i gaise. before the public, it aeosns to me a matter I of imp!e justice to yoaraelf, end to boe who may be S'ifTerir.g as I wi. to add that I am not only as fully satisfied as to tbe utility and efficacv ot your method of treating catarrh aa I was six months aeo; but I am now o' tb belief thai if there is such thiuc a a cure for chror ic catarrh, in my ra.e a "ubstsntial cure hat been effecttd Yours, respectfully. FftftDtaic-t S. Jxwill Aihanv . Sep:era. I, 1 -64 Dr Licbthill hts returnei to tbe city, and can be daily con ul tod on Catarrh, Dealuesw. and ail disease's of the Eve, Ear and Throat at hi reside r BJa M ST. MARK 8 PLAt K 015. e mailt 1 H -in 3 p. j. Krmnrkabli- ( urr of Dcafnee. From t-e Ree. Jrfa)ub Al. Clark, Recur of St Jarne Chnrch: TaACcaa, Fob. 20, b. I hare been def in one ear ever since I was In College, soma twenty years ago. By the ski i of Dr Litrht ist t- bawrio vu entire, ree loved, o Bhat i m 1 bear alike with both ars ard : that I ena nee at vole with mach more ease and comfort than before OCtl 64 Hv JraMfM If fL

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